5 players in India's ODI squad for NZ vs IND 2026 series who were also part of the 2019 away tour ft. Shubman Gill

The Indian men's cricket team will play five ODIs in New Zealand from November 4 to November 15. The first match of the one-day series will be played in Auckland on November 4. The subsequent matches will be played in Wellington (November 7), Hamilton (November 10), and Mount Maunganui (November 13 and November 15).

Shubman Gill will captain the Indian team for the first three ODIs, while Shreyas Iyer will be the vice-captain. Shreyas will then take charge of the side for the last two one-day matches of the series, while Ishan Kishan will take over the role of vice-captain.

Five players in India's squad for the upcoming ODI series against New Zealand were part of the Men in Blue squad for the 2019 away series as well. Take a look.

#1 Rohit Sharma

In five ODI matches during the 2019 series, Rohit Sharma scored 169 runs at an average of 33.80 and a strike rate of 71.61, with two half-centuries. The Hitman scored 87 in 96 balls in the second ODI in Mount Maunganui. The knock featured nine fours and three sixes.

In the third ODI of the series at the same venue, he scored 62 off 77 balls. The innings featured three fours and two sixes. Rohit was dismissed for 11 in the first ODI in Napier and registered scores of seven and two in the last two matches in Hamilton and Wellington, respectively.

#2 Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli featured in the first three matches of the 2019 ODI series in New Zealand. He had an impressive series, scoring 148 runs at an average of 49.33 and a strike rate of 83.14, with one half-century.

Kohli scored 45 off 59 in the first ODI in Napier, hitting three fours. In the second match of the 2019 one-day series in New Zealand, in Mount Maunganui, he scored 43 off 45 balls with five fours. In the third match of the series at the same venue, the right-hander scored 60 off 74, with six fours and a six.

#3 Kuldeep Yadav

Team India's left-arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav featured in four one-day matches during India's tour of New Zealand in early 2019. He had a memorable series, claiming eight wickets at an average of 15.62 and an economy rate of 4.31, with two four-wicket hauls.

Kuldeep registered figures of 4-39 from 10 overs in the first ODI in Napier. His stats included a maiden as well. In the second ODI in Mount Maunganui, he claimed another four-wicket haul, registering figures of 4-45 from 10 overs. He went wicketless in the next two games, with figures of 0-39 from eight overs and 0-2 from one over.

#4 Shubman Gill

Current India skipper Shubman Gill made his ODI debut during the 2019 tour of New Zealand. However, he struggled to make an impact. Gill was dismissed for nine off 21 balls in Hamilton and scored seven off 11 balls in Wellington.

Overall, Gill has played 70 ODI matches and has scored 3,713 runs at an average of 64.01 and a strike rate of 103.31, with 11 hundreds and 20 half-centuries.

#5 Mohammed Siraj

Right-arm pacer Mohammed Siraj was part of India's ODI squad for the five-match series in 2019. However, he did not feature in any of the matches. The right-arm pacer had earlier made his debut against Australia in Adelaide in January 2019.

Siraj has played 51 matches, in which he has claimed 77 wickets at an average of 25.67 and an economy rate of 5.15, with one five-fer and two four-fers.

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